you look at the front page of the star advertiser, it says obama headed back to work. he'll be flying back late tonight, get back to work. the picture here that showed the president and first lady, they were with troops at a marine base here, that's become a christmas tradition before the president heads out, basically, as they were getting ready for dinner, the president and first lady made, you know, a quick appearance there, and the president had this to say about their sacrifice. >> so many of you make sacrifices day in, day out on behalf of our freedom, on behalf of our security and not only do those in uniform make sacrifices, but i think everybody here understands the sacrifices that families make each and every day as well. >> reporter: sacrifice for the president is giving up some of this president vacation, obviously, giving the long flight back to d.c., given the five-hour time difference, he's not going to be arriving back at washington until thursday mid-morning. we're expecting he'll bring congressional leaders over either later thursday or friday, do som